Is a mini ice age on the way? Scientists warn the Sun has gone to sleep and say it could cause temperatures to plunge |By MARK PRIGG: 2013 was due to be year of the solar maximum Researchers say solar activity is at a fraction of what they expect Conditions very similar a time in 1645 when a mini ice age hit Whatever measure you use, solar peaks are coming down, Richard Harrison of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire told the BBC. Ive been a solar physicist for 30 years, and Ive never seen anything like this. He says the phenomenon could lead to colder winters similar to those during the Maunder Minimum. There were cold winters, almost a mini ice age. You had a period when the River Thames froze. Lucie Green of UCL believes that things could be different this time due to human activity. We have 400 years of observations, and it is in a very similar to phase as it was in the run up to the Maunder Minimum. The world we live in today is very different, human activity may counteract this - it is difficult to say what the consequences are. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2541599/Is-mini-ice-age-way-Scientists-warn-Sun-gone-sleep-say-cause-temperatures-plunge.html#ixzz2qvYuKHAA
Posted on: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 09:02:43 +0000
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